Re: Susie-Berkey water filter + Cipro abx NEWS

[Guest guest]

> Hi Susie,

>

> 1. If your Berkey water filter (that sits on the cabinet) doesn't filter

minerals like RO filters do, isn't fluoride a mineral?  Or not?

It has a special filter for the fluoride. The Berkey filters the

harmful material in the water. The special fluoride filters get out

fluoride and arsenic.

>

> Do you mind saying how much it cost and where you got it?  Does it remove

chlorine too?  I quit eating bread b/c of bromine (and yeast too) -- all these

are Halides and toxic!

Our water smells like chlorine before we put it into the Berkey. There

are many sizes of Berkey filters. We have a large one that is around 5

gallons of water. You will probably be able to get away with a smaller

one. I don't recommend the plastic ones. I think ours was in the $300

range.

>

> Right now we use a water pitcher filter, not Brita, the other one (I can't

remember!), and I don't know what it filters, but the water just tastes better.

I think it might be a charcoal filter, but don't know.

Probably is.

>

> Tom's of Maine toothpaste at Wal-Mart is fluoride-free, but doesn't freshen

your breath or whiten your teeth or have tartar-control, like the fluoride ones

do!!  Dang.

Baking soda works fine for tartar control and whitening, just don't

use it every day. I use tooth soap with neem in it for anti-bacterial

purposes.

Susie

[Guest guest]

Beware... not all Tom's toothpaste is fluoride free!

Brushing your teeth with a soft brush and water will clean them just

fine. If you do it three times a day, you can keep the tartar from

building up - it takes about 24 hours for tartar to create a deposit on

the enamel. Use baking soda a couple of times a week. Salt water also

works - especially if you have sore gums.

We have been trained by advertisers to think that our teeth are not

clean until out mouth tastes minty.

Marti

>

> Hi Susie,

>

> 1. If your Berkey water filter (that sits on the cabinet) doesn't

> filter minerals like RO filters do, isn't fluoride a mineral? Or not?

>

> Do you mind saying how much it cost and where you got it? Does it

> remove chlorine too? I quit eating bread b/c of bromine (and yeast

> too) -- all these are Halides and toxic!

>

> Right now we use a water pitcher filter, not Brita, the other one (I

> can't remember!), and I don't know what it filters, but the water just

> tastes better. I think it might be a charcoal filter, but don't know.

>

> Tom's of Maine toothpaste at Wal-Mart is fluoride-free, but doesn't

> freshen your breath or whiten your teeth or have tartar-control, like

> the fluoride ones do!! Dang.

>

> 2. Did everybody know that Cipro abx is a fluoro-(fluoride)-quino-lone

> antibiotic??? Try to avoid it! It makes my joints hurt something

> terrible. But it does kill infection. Levaquin is another one. You

> have to watch your tendons w/ it.

>

> I find a Z-pak (Zithromycin, a macrolide abx) works better anyway.

> NEWS: They've changed from paks to tablets, so docs can order as many

> tablets as they want now, instead of paks of 3 or 5! Works good on me,

> anyway. It's a third? generation of erythromycin. I found out b/c I've

> been sick and got it this week.

>

> Thx, Vicki K

>

>

[Guest guest]

Other fluoroquinolones include Avelox and Tequin.

I had a hideous reaction to Levaquin.

It was not an allergic reaction, but an untreatable toxic reaction. It was in fact fluoride poisoning.

I think we need to avoid recommending specific drugs. This is out of the scope of this group.

>> Hi Susie,> > 1. If your Berkey water filter (that sits on the cabinet) doesn't filter minerals like RO filters do, isn't fluoride a mineral? Or not?> > Do you mind saying how much it cost and where you got it? Does it remove chlorine too? I quit eating bread b/c of bromine (and yeast too) -- all these are Halides and toxic! > > Right now we use a water pitcher filter, not Brita, the other one (I can't remember!), and I don't know what it filters, but the water just tastes better. I think it might be a charcoal filter, but don't know.> > Tom's of Maine toothpaste at Wal-Mart is fluoride-free, but doesn't freshen your breath or whiten your teeth or have tartar-control, like the fluoride ones do!! Dang.> > 2. Did everybody know that Cipro abx is a fluoro-(fluoride)-quino-lone antibiotic??? Try to avoid it! It makes my joints hurt something terrible. But it does kill infection. Levaquin is another one. You have to watch your tendons w/ it. > > I find a Z-pak (Zithromycin, a macrolide abx) works better anyway. NEWS: They've changed from paks to tablets, so docs can order as many tablets as they want now, instead of paks of 3 or 5! Works good on me, anyway. It's a third? generation of erythromycin. I found out b/c I've been sick and got it this week.> > Thx, Vicki K>